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"Ten years ago today, a jetpack lowered NASA’s Curiosity rover onto the Red Planet, beginning the SUV-size explorer’s pursuit of evidence that, billions of years ago, Mars had the conditions needed to support microscopic life," NASA said in its statement about the rover's special day.
Since landing, Curiosity has driven nearly 18 miles and climbed 2,050 feet high while exploring Gale Crater and the foothills of Mount Sharp. The support team that guides and works on the rover to keep it running employees hundreds of dedicated engineers.
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